Legislators May Reconsider Suspending Detainee Habeas Corpus
The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee signaled this week that he'll join prominent Democrats in seeking to restore legal rights to hundreds of suspected terrorists confined at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and elsewhere. His co-sponsor, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), who'll become chairman of the Judiciary Committee when the Democrats take over in January, noted that the effort to secure habeas appeals for all detainees failed by only three votes.
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rudkla - 7. Dez, 22:36
